Vërnicë
Vërnicë
Врница / Врбница | |
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Coordinates: 41°25′24″N 20°31′38″E / 41.42333°N 20.52722°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Dibër |
Municipality | Bulqizë |
Municipal unit | Trebisht |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 548 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vërnicë (Bulgarian: Връбница or Върбница, Върмица, Вормица, Macedonian: Врница or Врбница) is a village in the former Trebisht Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Bulqizë.[1] It is situated with in the Gollobordë region, near the border with North Macedonia.
History
A demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village as having 30 households with 97 male Bulgarian Christian residents.[2]
In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Varbnitsa was inhabited by about 300 Bulgarian Christians.[3] The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that the village was inhabited by 256 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was a Bulgarian school in the beginning of 20th century in Varbnitza.[4]
During the Balkan Wars, two men from the village joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.[5]
Elez Koçi was killed in the village in 1916 by Bulgarian forces.[6]
Demographics
The village of Vërnicë is inhabited by an Albanian population which dominates demographically in the village.[7] Other inhabitants of Vërnicë are speakers of a Eastern South Slavic[8] and the village has also traditionally contained a Torbeš population.[7]
According to a 2007 estimate, Vërnicë's population was 548.[9]
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